Katie Risseeuw

Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to get coffee before heading to work when she encountered a chaotic scene in West Town: heavily armed, masked federal agents making arrests on a residential street. People yelled as vehicles honked their horn — a sign now used to alert neighbors that immigration federal agents are in the area — and witnesses said federal agents had arrested several landscaper workers presumed to be in the country without authorization. As Figuero tried to drive through the 1600 block of West Hubbard Street on Friday, Oct. 10, an unmarked vehicle driven by federal agents collided with Figueroa’s as it tried to speed away from a hostile crowd, multiple videos reviewed by the Tribune show. Seconds after the crash, agents abruptly stopped their vehicle and exited with weapons in hand pointing at Figueroa, a U.S citizen. Agents then forcibly opened her door and pulled her out of the vehicle by her legs without identifying themselves, presenting a warrant or informing her that she was under arrest. As bystanders yelled, “You hit her! We have it on video!” agents ignored the crowd and forced Figueroa into a red minivan and drove away. Her car was left behind in the middle of the road, her coffee still in the cup holder, and her keys in plain view.

In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.

For The People Newsletter Vol. XXXIII For everyone working to strengthen and expand public libraries

Folks in the US, send us your stories of your experiences with your public library systems! Are you part of your library board/ raised funds/organised to keep your library open/part of your friends group? We want to hear it all!: librariesforthepeople.substack.com/p/for-the-pe...

Satirical black and white poster full of text about disintegration of rights for disable kids in America. Full text through link in caption.

As I navigate financially crippling ‘choices’ for health insurance to cover a disabled child, I’m reminded of this print I made earlier in the year satirizing how our mighty leaders feel about disabled kids. Full text and context here: www.starshaped.com/postersprint...

On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.

In Albany Park, they fired pepper-spray balls to disperse an angry crowd and arrested two U.S. citizens. In Evanston, one repeatedly pointed his weapon at protesters while another knelt on a man’s back and punched him in the head.

I love you

A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston

If anyone asks what I’m dressing up as for Halloween this year I’m just gonna take their water, make up a lie, and leave. I’m ChatGPT bitches.

Screenshot of an unopened email from Shaun King

Don’t know how this guy found me, but love that gmail gave his email the shopping icon.

US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade

"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"

Dark brown print that says the Nelson Algren quote ‘Chicago is an October sort of city’ in orange and gold.

There’s a Nelson Algren for every season. #letterpress

www.starshaped.com/chicago/chic...

New: mutual aid fund supporting immigrant families impacted All donations support families in Chicago IL who have been directly impacted by detention, deportation, and ICE raids

Organized Communities Against Deportations has launched a new mutual aid fund to support immigrant families in Chicago impacted by ICE raids

Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025

Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online The Library of Congress’s Historical Media Publications Collection is now a an online, searchable resource for film fans and historians.

Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online https://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2025/10/27/library-of-congress-makes-collection-of-classic-film-magazines-available-online/

And the municipal device on the front? Genius.

ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…

If you’d like to compare the extortionate demand letters the Trump admin has sent to various universities, you can do that here: sites.google.com/view/univers...

I immediately yelled JOSH in my head when I saw the uncle skeet 😂

A file folder with the title “Assaults Upon the Constitution Part 3” typed on the top

When archives randomly give, they give hard.
Folder dated Nov 28, 1953

Put on your favorite song and turn the speakers up.

It's Recall Thursday.

A brick building with the text scrawled in white chalk “SOS FACISM IS HERE”

No lies detected

Come join us!!

Print leaning up against a press with an image of a cityscape that says the studs Terkel quote ‘I have come across ordinary people who have done extraordinary things’

Let’s tell them Studs Terkel is the leader of antifa. Come get a print today at Open House Chicago, 10-5.

Can’t get over this last part.

Federal Judge 'Profoundly Concerned' After High-Profile Tear-Gassing In Chicago Neighborhoods U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis is modifying the temporary restraining order to require agents to wear body cameras if they've already been issued them. She's also calling Chicago ICE commander Russell...

"“I live in Chicago … and I’m not blind. I don’t live in a cave; I have a phone; I have a TV; I have a computer; and I tend to get news," U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/16/f... per @minabloom.bsky.social for @blockclubchi.bsky.social

this is hanging in my entryway and it's a perfect leaving/returning reminder.

Printing press with split ink colors on the rollers. Metal type form in press bed waiting to be inked.

Fall colors on press. #letterpress

A yard sign with Spanish text explaining a person’s rights if stopped by ICE. There’s a white picket fence in the background.

A yard sign with Spanish text explaining a person’s rights if stopped by ICE. The sign is among plants and flowers in a front yard.

We’re at the “liberal white home owners have professionally designed yard signs warning about ICE” stage of outrage in Chicago.

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org

Perry: "Chicago's history of strained policing community relations is extremely well documented, but also fairly nuanced. It's something I think state and local authorities understand extremely well, and it can be hard for federal authorities, and certainly those from Texas, to appreciate."

Let’s go on like this forever 🥰

But I AM the luckier one because of you!!